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10:15 PM ET, December 16, 2021

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Politico:
Senate that ‘sucks’ gets a dose of reality from Biden  —  Senate Democrats ended a frustrating day in a frustrating week with President Joe Biden acknowledging that his sweeping social spending bill will wait until next year — a setback that comes as the party also spins its wheels on election reform.
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Washington Post:
Manchin rejects offshore drilling ban amid broader standoff over Biden agenda
Discussion: Political Wire
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
F.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by Mail  —  The decision will broaden access to medication abortion, an increasingly common method, but many conservative states are already mobilizing against it.  —  The federal government on Thursday permanently lifted a major restriction on access to abortion pills.
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New York Times:
How Ashley Biden's Diary Made Its Way to Project Veritas  —  New details shed light on the federal investigation into the conservative group's acquisition last year of a journal kept by the president's daughter.  —  In the final two months of the 2020 campaign, President Donald J. Trump …
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Politico:
Life without Wallace  —  Presented by the Black Women's Health Imperative  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice.  —  “Fox News Sunday” was one of the few shows on Fox News …
Washington Post:
GOP agrees to pay up to $1.6 million of Trump's legal bills in N.Y. probes  —  The Republican Party has agreed to pay up to $1.6 million in legal bills for former president Donald Trump to help him fight investigations into his business practices in New York, according to Republican National Committee members …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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New York Times:
R.N.C. Is Said to Agree to Pay Up to $1.6 Million of Trump's Personal Legal Bills
Discussion: Political Wire
Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Subpoenas James P.  “Phil” Waldron  —  Washington—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) today announced that the Select Committee has issued a subpoena to James P.  “Phil” Waldron for records and testimony.  Mr. Waldron appears to have been involved with efforts to promote claims about fraud in the 2020 election.
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Retired Colonel Who Shared Plan to Overturn Election
Washington Post:
House Jan. 6 committee subpoenas retired Army colonel who worked for Trump's outside legal team
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A theory: How Trump's Jan. 6 coup plan worked, how close it came, why it failed  —  The first time many Americans learned that a large pro-Donald Trump protest in Washington was planned for January 6 was 18 days earlier when the 45th president tweeted about it - “Will be wild!”
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:   Eugene Goodman should be Time's Person of the Year
Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
Judge tosses $4.5 bln deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family from opioid claims  —  A federal judge has thrown out a $4.5 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, which owned OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, from future lawsuits over opioids, upending the company's plan to reorganize in bankruptcy court.
Discussion: Associated Press
Joe Kukura / SFist:
Six Bay Area Men Arrested For a Staggering 70 Attacks on Asian Women  —  The suspects allegedly targeted Asian women exclusively, according to the Santa Clara DA, and had a pattern of attacking women walking alone to their cars.  —  In the wave of attacks on Asian Americans since …
Discussion: CBS San Francisco
The Economist:
Young Americans are turning against Joe Biden  —  Without the threat of Donald Trump, the president's policies are coming under increasing scrutiny  —  America's left depends on the support of young people.  In 2008 it was they who powered Barack Obama's primary campaign against Hillary Clinton …
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration scraps $450,000 payments to migrant families separated under Trump
Discussion: ABC News and New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
WSJ News Exclusive |  Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Democrats' Immigration Proposal in $2 Trillion Bill  —  The proposal marked Democrats' third effort to provide temporary deportation protections and work permits to millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Two Women  —  Triggered by the recent ‘Sex and the City’ reboot, the women allege two incidents of misconduct they say took place more than a decade apart.
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
America Is Not Ready for Omicron  —  America was not prepared for COVID-19 when it arrived.  It was not prepared for last winter's surge.  It was not prepared for Delta's arrival in the summer or its current winter assault.  More than 1,000 Americans are still dying of COVID every day, and more have died this year than last.
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
Harvard won't require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-optional push grows  —  The fast-spreading movement aims to limit the role of the standardized exams in college admissions  —  Harvard University will extend for four years a policy begun soon after the coronavirus pandemic emerged …
Discussion: New York Times and The Daily Wire
Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Says She and Biden Haven't Discussed Running for Re-Election in 2024  —  'I don't think about it, nor have we talked about it,' she said in an interview, noting it's their first year in office amid a pandemic  —  Vice President Kamala Harris said that she and President Biden …
Wall Street Journal:
Washington Post Grasps for New Direction as Trump-Era Boom Fades  —  News outlet's audience is down sharply, amid sector-wide declines; subscription growth has stagnated as readers look beyond politics  —  Top Washington Post officials gathered last week and discussed how to respond …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Why Are Republicans Siding With Russia?  —  Because Putinism is catnip to a new breed of American losers.  —  There's been a lot of anger this week over Fox News's born-again populist, Tucker Carlson, going all in on attacking NATO and siding with Russia at the very moment …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Vaccine Holdouts in Army and Navy Will Be Dismissed, Military Says  —  Governors of five states are seeking exemptions for their National Guard troops.  —  WASHINGTON — The vast majority of active-duty troops in the Army and Navy are vaccinated against the coronavirus …
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Tim Miller / Morning Shots:
Joe Manchin Is the Only Thing Standing Between America and Sen. Cletus Von Ivermectin in 2024.  —  Hey all -  —  I'm sitting in for Charlie today and rather than even attempt to try to fill his shoes and give you a full rundown of the news before I have my morning coffee …
Washington Post:
Omicron outbreak inducing whiplash for many Americans  —  With the omicron variant sending coronavirus cases spiking across the country, the pandemic is once again upending daily life and evoking the early days of the outbreak as scientists race to understand the still-unknown implications of this new type of coronavirus.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
‘The Media Variant’ Hits New York City  —  Yesterday, I jumped in line at my local City MD, at Lexington and 79th.  By the time I got swabbed two hours later, the blue check mafia had worked itself into a full-on Omicron meltdown.  What remained of the media-holiday-party industrial complex collapsed in a single afternoon.
Discussion: The Stranger
Jack Wittels / Bloomberg:
Giant Kites That Drag Cargo Ships Across Oceans Go on Trial  —  Add ships being dragged along by giant kites to the list of things the industry is exploring in its quest to decarbonize.  —  At the start of next year, the Ville de Bordeaux, a 154-meter-long ship that moves aircraft components for Airbus SE …
Discussion: Twitchy
Meta:
Taking Action Against the Surveillance-For-Hire Industry  — The global surveillance-for-hire industry targets people to collect intelligence, manipulate and compromise their devices and accounts across the internet.  — While these “cyber mercenaries” often claim that their services …
Mary Anne Franks / The Boston Globe:
Redo the first two amendments  —  Speech and guns: two of the most contentious issues in America today, with controversies fueled not only by personal passions and identity politics but by competing interpretations of the Constitution.  Perhaps more than any other parts of the Constitution …
Discussion: Twitchy and The Gun Writer
Washington Post:
The Biden administration has been sidelining vaccine experts  —  The FDA, for example, approved booster shots for 16- and 17-year-olds without convening a key advisory panel  —  The U.S. government, over the past few weeks, has made three important decisions on vaccines without consulting independent panels of experts.
 
 
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Capital Research Center:
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Discussion: The Federalist
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Administration Offers Bonuses to Doctors Who Implement ‘Anti-Racism Plans’
David Zweig / The Atlantic:
The CDC's Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School
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Former Defense Contractor Arrested for Attempted Espionage
Discussion: USA Today and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Omicron is dominant in wastewater samples in Florida county
Discussion: HotAir
Washington Post:
CDC recommends Pfizer, Moderna vaccines over Johnson & Johnson, citing rare blood-clot issue
Washington Post:
Youngkin adviser who guided balancing act with Trump tries to smooth things over with former president
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
A former insider at the company merging with Trump Media sues over ‘brazen’ fraud.
Discussion: Political Wire
 

 
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